What the records say
- When
- 16 May 1988 – 18 May 1988
- Kind
- Massacre
- Deaths
- 400
- Coordinates
- 35.35° N, 75.90° E
- Description
- revolt by the Shias of Gilgit Baltistan
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
1988 Gilgit massacre
Major instance of Shia-Sunni sectarian violence in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
The 1988 Gilgit massacre was the mass killing of Shia civilians in the Gilgit District of Pakistan. The massacre was preceded by anti-Shia riots in early May 1988, which were caused by a dispute over the sighting of the moon for Eid al-Fitr after Ramadan between Shia Muslims and Sunni Muslims.
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